The Indiana State sentinel., 1887-04-06

enue."
"Yes."
"Go to the head OF the first fight Of
stairs. Are there any doors?'
"Yes; on the right and left"
Now, then, watch around there and see
what takes place. See any one2'
Yes, tall man with a black nous
tache." THAT was the description given
the police.
'Gone into the door to the right. Now
he's coming out with an overcost on his
arm"
Describe the coat"
'It'sa brown one with red sleeve Innings"
swell, follow the man."
The description of the overcoat was ex-
actly as the owner had gave it to me, in
writing, ten hours before. The boy fol-
flowed the man two blocks, and then had
him turn and come back TO the rooms. He
did this three different times, and 1t be-
came plain to US that he lost him, in a
crowd, and then, like hound which sud
denly loses trail, returned to q certain
point for a fresh start.
The great experiment of the evening was
another old murder case. On the night of
October %, 1885, Don Ever, well.known
sporting man whose home was in Port
Huron, was murdered in Detroit for his
money. AS he passed the alley between
Larned and Congress streets, on Third, he
received a blow from billy which tract
ured his skull In terrible manner. This
blow alone would have caused death, but
he was dragged into the alley and shot.
His money, some 81 600. was then taken,
and when people who were investigating
the report of the pistol arrived on the spot
the victim was dead. To this day the de-
tectives have been unable to secure clue
leading to anything satisfactory. There
have been various theories, soma OF
which have been worked and exploded,
and others still stand but no man
can say whether one or three per-
sons were in The job, which way they
went, or give any other details. We hud
Ever at hotel on Jefferson avenue at $3.50
in the evening. From that hour to mid
night no man has been found who will say
that he saw him again. 1t is the theory
that he was closeted in some place, for rea-
soDs which we only guess at. He was to
leave the Michigan Central depot soon
after IL, but it can not be found that he
went there. 1t is not known to US whether
he was going up or down Third street. AS
we can not find where he was for the two
hours and half or three hours, we can
not get the direction from which he came.
However, we know that he was hit on the
cross-walk and pulled into the alley. This,
as / told you, was the first effort to ante
date this boy. He was put under the infu-
ence, and Mr.. Alderman began:
"Now, Charley, it is the 2Sd day OF Octo-
Der. Got that?"
''Yes, sir.''
at is 1885,"
"Yes s:r."
''The time is ten minutes to II. Go
down Third street to the alley between
Congress ard Larned streets"
I'm theze."
"What do you see?"
81 see a man lying in wait in the alley.
He has his face muffled up. He has billy
in his hand, and in his hip-pocket he has a
black. handled revolver, six-shooter aud 81
caliber."
Describe the man."
81 can't. His face is hidden"
''Raise tine mask. Now, describe him."
ga heavy man, with large, light NOUS
taehe."
ASK him his name"
"He says: Boy, you skip out of this or
'Never mind that; he can't hurt you.
Now get his name."
"He says it is -" [ suppress the
name for obvious reasons.
"All right. Any one coming?"
"Yes, man is coming up the street. He
| is lightish man with black moustache."
VERY well; now what is in the alley?''
!
the other, knocked him down, and is drag
ging him in"
"And now?"
HE is taking his money"
"And now?"
He is running up to Fort street; now
he goes down Fourth to Woodbridge; he
goes down Woodbridge to Twelfth. There
he meets two men. They look like buns
! They ask il he has done it, and he shows
'em Don Ewer's sachel and money. Now
they go down to the docks. Now they &C
aboard a vessel. Now they go down into
the hold, and they are cutting the sache
up and throwing the pieces into the river. ,
"Can you see the name of the vesselP'
"It's pretty dark"
Never mind; go closer"
'Yes; it is the - of -"
''Is the captain on boardP'
"Yes; his name IS -. His first name
is James"
The boy followed the murderer do wn the
lakes aboard the craft to Oswego and bacl
to Buffalo. He gave the name Of stree
in Buffalo which trey traversed. He haC
one of them arrested in Buffalo for drum k
enness and sent up for thirty days. HI
followed the murderer all winter, and tolC
where he was cutting ice and what com
down, month by month, until the mur
derer shipped aboard a steamer plying be
tween New York and Liverpool. He de
scended into the freehold and again de
scribed him, this time with beard. HI
asked him what had become of his money
and when the man seemingly inquired
what money, the boy, under instructions
replied:
''The money you got when you mur
6ered that man in Detroit"
"What the ID do you know about g
murder in Detroit?'' demands the fireman
and at this point we ceased the pursuit
aud brought the boy back to the alley
He declared that the murderer had re
volyer, and that three Of the chamber:
were discharged. AS matters OF fact
known to half dozen detectives, Don
Ever was first struck on the head and then
shot. A cheap pistol, recently discharged
lay beside his body. The shot was heard
a square or two away. In this examina
ton the boy neither heard shot nor the
bells strike midnight, as they did about The
time the shot was fired. He did not a.
first find the bullet-hole, but when we
brought him back he located it exactly,
and he accurately described the position
of the body. In describing the man in the
alley and the one coming up he transposec
the persons, or at least their descriptions
His theory is just as plausible as any the
detectives have got, and can not be dis
puied.
The next day / went to the Custom
house and found that there was such